Best and Worst Sports Executives 2008

There is a whole other game that goes on behind the scenes in any sport. TIME has chosen some of the notable — and not so notable — sports executives and asks you to vote on who plays the game best

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Matt Millen

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Age: 50
Title: President and CEO, Detroit Lions

PRO: The Lions went 7-9 in 2007, the best record of Millen's eight-year tenure. Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams give Detroit one of the NFL's best young receiving duos.

CON: Millen finished 16-48 in his first four seasons — and somehow got a five-year extension. Overall, the Lions are an abysmal 31-81 under his watch.

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